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− | | color = IndianRed | + | |familia=Apocynaceae |
− | | name = ''Plumeria'' | + | |genus=Plumeria |
− | | image = Fruit Salad Plumeria-6001.jpg | + | |common_name=Plumeria, Frangipani |
− | | image_width = 240px | + | |habit=tree |
− | | image_caption = Plumeria 'Fruit Salad' | + | |Min ht box=4 |
− | | growth_habit = [[Shrub]], Small Tree | + | |Min ht metric=m |
− | | high = 4-8 m | + | |Max ht box=8 |
− | | lifespan = [[Perennial]] | + | |Max ht metric=m |
− | | exposure = Full Sun, High Shade | + | |origin=tropical and subtropical [[Americas]] |
− | | water = moderate | + | |poisonous=sap |
− | | features = Flowers, Fragrance | + | |lifespan=perennial |
− | | hardiness = Frost tender
| + | |exposure=sun |
− | | usda_zones = vary | + | |water=moderate |
− | | sunset_zones = vary by species | + | |features=flowers, fragrance |
− | | regnum = Plantae | + | |Temp Metric=°F |
− | | divisio = Magnoliophyta | + | |sunset_zones=vary by species |
− | | classis = Magnoliopsida | + | |image=Fruit Salad Plumeria-6001.jpg |
− | | ordo = Gentianales
| + | |image_width=240 |
− | | familia = Apocynaceae
| + | |image_caption=Plumeria 'Fruit Salad' |
− | | genus = Plumeria
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− | | + | '''''Plumeria''''' is a genus which is known by the common name '''Frangipani''' in some places. |
− | '''''Plumeria''''' (common name '''Frangipani'''; [[syn.]] ''Himatanthus'' [[Willd.]] ex [[Roem.]] & [[Schult.]]) is a small genus of 7-8 handsome and useful species native to tropical and subtropical [[Americas]]. Open plants have leathery, pointed leaves at the ends of the branches. Flowers during warm seasons, and give clusters of large, showy, waxy flowers with a strong perfume. ''Plumeria'' is related to the Oleander, ''[[Oleander|Nerium oleander]]'', and both possess poisonous, milky sap, rather similar to that of ''[[Euphorbia]]''. | + | During warm periods, the plants will give strongly perfumed flowers, used in Hawaii to make leis. |
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− | ''Plumeria'' flowers are most fragrant at night in order to lure [[sphinx moths]] to pollinate them. The flowers have no [[nectar]], and simply dupe their pollinators. The moths pollinate them by transferring pollen from flower to flower in their fruitless search for nectar.
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− | The genus consists of mainly deciduous shrubs and trees. ''P. rubra'' (Common Frangipani, Red Frangipani), native to [[Mexico]], [[Central America]], and [[Venezuela]], produces flowers ranging from yellow to pink depending on form or cultivar. From Mexico and Central America, ''Plumeria'' has spread to all tropical areas of the world, especially [[Hawaii]], where it grows so abundantly that many people think that it is indigenous there.
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